Carrington School
Noke Drive, Redhill, RH1 4AD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST SURREY SCHOOLS EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Kerry Oakley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Reigate
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,088
- Pupils on roll
- 1,012
- URN
- 143903
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01737764356
About this school
Carrington School is a secondary academy in Redhill. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,012 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 197 | 181 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.9 | 45.6 | 45.0 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.09 -0.29 to +0.11 | -0.08 -0.30 to +0.13 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 47.5% | 43% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 62.4% | 60.9% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 10% | 48.1% | 54.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Carrington School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46.9 | 38.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 45.6 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45 | 38.6 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 972 |
| 2023/24 | 992 |
| 2024/25 | 997 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Carrington School compares
Carrington School ranked 40th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45 | 7.9% | 28.2% | 1,012 | — |
| St Bede's School | 57.9 | 5.3% | 6.9% | 1,918 | 0.8 miles |
| Merstham Park School | 45 | 8.1% | 27.8% | 711 | 1.3 miles |
| Reigate School | 52.4 | 7.7% | 20.5% | 1,252 | 1.9 miles |
| Oasis Academy Coulsdon | 44.8 | 8% | 27.4% | 927 | 4.5 miles |
| Oakwood School | 43 | 9.2% | 17.3% | 1,610 | 4.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.21%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.88%
- Persistent absence
- 20.81%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Bede's School0.8 miles
Secondary · Redhill
-
Merstham Park School1.3 miles
Secondary · Redhill
-
Reigate School1.9 miles
Secondary · Reigate
-
Oasis Academy Coulsdon4.5 miles
Secondary · Croydon
-
Oakwood School4.8 miles
Secondary · Horley
Other schools in Redhill
- Merstham Park School Secondary
- St Bede's School Secondary
- Bletchingley Village Primary School Primary
- Earlswood Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Earlswood Junior School Primary
- Furzefield Primary Academy Primary
- Hatchlands Primary Primary
- Merstham Primary School Primary
- Nutfield Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Salfords Primary School and Nursery Primary
- St John's Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Carrington School teach?
- Carrington School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Redhill.
- Who is the headteacher of Carrington School?
- The headteacher of Carrington School is Miss Kerry Oakley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Carrington School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Carrington School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Carrington School?
- Carrington School has 1,012 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Carrington School full?
- Carrington School has capacity for 1,088 pupils and 1,012 on roll (93%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Carrington School a faith school?
- No. Carrington School has no designated religious character.
- Is Carrington School a selective school?
- No. Carrington School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Carrington School?
- Carrington School is part of SOUTH EAST SURREY SCHOOLS EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Carrington School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.9 in 2022/23 and 45 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Carrington School rank locally?
- Carrington School ranked 40th of 54 secondary schools in Surrey for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 18% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Carrington School's absence rate?
- Carrington School's overall absence rate is 7.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Carrington School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Carrington School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.